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chilly friday garden update 10/5/10

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It’s hard to believe it’s October already!   Although we haven’t had a drop of rain here in Moses Lake since July, there is now a distinct chill in the air and what few trees we have are beginning to shed their leaves in preparation for winter.  Despite the change in the weather, I am stubbornly continuing on with my garden, although the threat of frost means gardening season could be over any day now.  I’m already seeing some frost damage on both tomato plants:

But, miracle of miracles!  Little Tomato decided to produce a little fruit right at the very last minute.  I’m betting that, even if they get ripe, the taste of these late-season ‘maters won’t be great.  But still, way to go Little Tomato for coming through in the end!

Speaking of putting things off to the last minute, I finally put up some hanging baskets to fill the void left by my hanging tomato plants that were destroyed by wind earlier this summer.  One bonus to procrastination: I got the baskets on clearance for 99 cents each!  I filled each of them with ornamental cabbage, chrysanthemums and pansies.  I’m hoping at least the cabbage and chrysanthemums will be hearty enough to last a little while into the fall.

My herbs are continuing to do well despite dropping temperatures.  I think I’ll be taking the rosemary inside sometime in the next couple of weeks.

The lettuce seeds I sowed last week are beginning to make some tiny sprouts (too tiny to photograph well,  so you’ll have to take my word for it).  I hope they’ll survive long enough to produce a little before the cold weather really kicks in!

Well that’s it from me this week!  Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.  

 



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